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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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